Harder to Breathe

Harder to Breathe Songs To Stories Volume III Inspired By: Down Bad by Taylor Swift

In a world that didn't want them to, they dared to fall in love.

Noah Calloway was never meant to fall for Matteo. Not on a Texas ranch soaked in privilege and silence. Not under a sky heavy with the weight of legacy and fear. But against all odds, their love bloomed-fierce, hidden, and all-consuming.

When a single moment of betrayal shatters everything, Matteo is forced to make an impossible choice: protect the boy he loves or stay and risk everything. As borders close and walls rise, the world around them threatens to erase what they shared. But love like theirs doesn't vanish-it lingers in the heat of memory, in the hollow ache of what could have been, and in the breathless moments between guilt and hope.

Harder To Breathe is a devastatingly tender story of stolen moments, unspoken dreams, and the heartbreak of loving someone you can't hold onto. For every reader who's ever lived a love too big for the world, this is your story.